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diff --git a/published/mint171notes.txt b/published/mint171notes.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e55718d --- /dev/null +++ b/published/mint171notes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,474 @@ +Title: Monthly News – October 2014 +Author: +Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 10:15:35 -0500 +Link: http://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=2700 + +News: + + * The Cinnamon and MATE editions of Linux Mint 17.1 ‘Rebecca’ passed quality + testing and were approved for an RC release. They should become available + at the end of this week. The MATE edition sports out of the box support for + the Compiz window-manager (which comes pre-installed, pre-configured and + which you can switch to with a click of a button). The Cinnamon edition + features the new Cinnamon 2.4 desktop which features were announced on + Segfault [1]and which an early version of was made available as a preview + in the Romeo section of the Linux Mint 17 repository. All 17.1 editions + (including upcoming KDE and Xfce editions) also feature a huge number of + improvements on tools, system layers, artwork and other aspects which they + have in common. This will be described in detail with their release + announcements. + * The release process hasn’t changed but because a lot of users are new to + Linux and to Linux Mint, I’ll explain it very briefly here. For each + edition there are two releases: The RC (“Release Candidate”) and the Stable + release. Both releases pass quality testing and are fully functional. + However, because the RC is the first release to be publicly available, it + represents the first opportunity for users to find bugs the development + team was not aware of. From experience, I can say this with certitude: + Although we’re usually really happy with the quality of our RCs, we always + do find and fix a lot of bugs after the RC and prior to the Stable release. + In the two weeks which usually separate the two releases, we listen to + feedback, we take notes for the next release and we fix a lot of bugs. In + brief: 17.1 will be out in the days to come, but it’s an RC. You might + think it’s really stable, and maybe it will be, but we encourage people who + want to help us find bugs to try it out and people who are interested in + using it for real to skip it and to wait until the end of the month to get + the Stable release instead. + * If you’re using Linux Mint 17 and you want to upgrade, you do not need a + fresh installation. A short time after the stable release, we’ll make an + upgrade available for you which will be both safe and trivial to perform. + * On the LMDE side, work is continuing on Betsy. Debian Jessie is getting + ever more stable, Cinnamon 2.4 is being ported to it and adapted to + components which Linux Mint doesn’t use (GTK 3.14, Upower 0.99 and + Systemd). This is facilitated of course by the fact that Cinnamon is + cross-distribution and that other distributions already used these + components. + * Many many thanks to all the people who are supporting us and everyone who + contributes in different ways in making Linux Mint better. To the people I + work with on a daily basis, moderators and developers in particular, it’s a + real privilege to be working with you. We get so much done and it’s often + so much fun, it’s really enjoyable. To all the people who donate, and to + our sponsors, thank you for empowering us the way you do. We’ve no issues + or worries getting in the way of development or project focus and that is + thanks to you. To all the people who sent us ideas and are about to send us + feedback… you create what we use to make Mint better release after release. + I look forward to finding out what bugs you’ll uncover in this RC. + +Sponsorships: + +Linux Mint is proudly sponsored by: +Gold Sponsors: Community Sponsors: +[image 3][2] +Silver Sponsors: * Alyx Biologicals B.V. +[image 5][4] * Sam Torno +Bronze Sponsors: * Caturix[22] +[image 7][6] * Charles Rivers +[image 9][8] * Clare Florist[23] +[image 11][10] * david gibson aka “dentist nyc[24]“ +[image 13][12] * fotokasten GmbH[25] +[image 15][14] * IEMS[26] +[image 17][16] * Jeramy Ross +[image 19][18] * John Bayles Pianos[27] +[image 21][20] * Martin del Mazo[28] + * Nikolaj Petersen[29] + * Sascha Reinsch + * SEER Interactive + * sefcom computers + * switchbit[30] + * Tam Le + * Uwe Klosa + + +To become a sponsor or to see the full list of Linux Mint sponsors, please +visit: http://www.linuxmint.com/sponsors.php[31] + +Donations: + +A total of $7269 was raised thanks to the generous contributions of 297 donors: + + * [image 32] $500, Troy B. + * [image 33] $260.24, Nora T. + * [image 34] $130.12, Janne J. 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